Netflix Inc. [LOS GATOS, Calif.] (NASDAQ: NFLX) announced that Spencer Neumann is joining the company as Chief Financial Officer. Neumann is an accomplished media and financial executive who was most recently CFO of Activision Blizzard and previously held several senior positions at the The Walt Disney Company. He succeeds David Wells who served as CFO since 2010. Neumann served as Activision Blizzard’s CFO from May 2017. Prior to that, Mr. Neumann held a number of positions of increasing responsibility at The Walt Disney Company, most recently serving as the CFO and executive vice president of Global Guest Experience of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, from 2012 until May 2017. From 2005 to 2012, Mr. Neumann worked at the private equity firms of Providence Equity Partners and Summit Partners. Prior to that, Mr. Neumann held several other roles with Disney, which he initially joined in 1992, including executive vice president of the ABC Television Network from 2001 to 2004 and CFO of the Walt Disney Internet Group from 1999 to 2001.

Activision Blizzard, Inc. [SANTA MONICA, Calif.] (NASDAQ: ATVI) announced that Dennis Durkin has been named Chief Financial Officer, reprising the role he held from March 2012 to May 2017. Most recently, Mr. Durkin had been serving as Chief Corporate Officer for the Company. Mr. Durkin replaces Spencer Neumann who was terminated for cause for violating his legal obligations to the Company. Prior to joining the company, Mr. Durkin held a number of positions of increasing responsibility at Microsoft Corporation during an over twelve-year period.

Square, Inc. [MALVERN, Pa.] (NYSE: SQ) announced that Amrita Ahuja will join the company as Chief Financial Officer. Amrita is currently the CFO of Blizzard Entertainment and a division of Activision Blizzard. Amrita has been with Activision Blizzard for over eight years in a number of finance and strategy roles across the company, including SVP of Investor Relations, VP of Finance and Operations, and VP of Strategy and Business Development. Prior to Activision Blizzard, she held various roles at Fox Networks Group, the Walt Disney Company, and Morgan Stanley.

Chadi Chahine

CIRCOR International, Inc. [BURLINGTON, Mass.] (NYSE: CIR) announced the appointment of Chadi Chahine as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. He joins CIRCOR from global medical technology company Smith & Nephew, where he was CFO of its U.S. business. Chahine joined Smith & Nephew as CFO, International Markets, in 2012. He was promoted to CFO of Smith & Nephew’s U.S. operations in February 2017. Mr. Chahine began his career in public accounting and spent 13 years at Abbott Laboratories in positions of increasing responsibility within finance and general management. In August 2018, CIRCOR announced the planned departure of CFO Rajeev Bhalla, who agreed to remain in the role until a successor was named.

Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. [GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo.] (NASDAQ: RRGB) announced the appointment of Lynn Schweinfurth as executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective January 28, 2019. Guy Constant, Red Robin’s current executive vice president and chief financial officer, will move to lead Company and Franchise operations, development and facilities as executive vice president and chief operating officer. Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Schweinfurth served as senior vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer of Fiesta Restaurant Group, Inc. where she has been since 2012. Prior to her time at Fiesta Restaurant Group, Inc., Ms. Schweinfurth held various senior finance leadership positions at global restaurant companies including Brinker International, Inc., Yum Brands, Inc. and PepsiCo, Inc.

Infogroup [OMAHA, Neb.] announced that Andy Goldstein has been named chief financial officer. Most recently he served as chief financial officer at Purch. Goldstein has also held the position of CFO for the NJ Devils, the Prudential Center Arena and Philadelphia 76ers as well as at InterMedia Outdoors Holdings, Inc., and Primedia Inc. Prior experience includes strategic finance positions at sesamestreet.com and The Times Mirror Company.

Unum Therapeutics Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] (NASDAQ: UMRX) announced that Christiana Stamoulis, President and Chief Financial Officer, will be stepping down from the Company, effective January 31, 2019, to pursue another opportunity.

Incyte [WILMINGTON, Del.] (NASDAQ: INCY) announced the appointment of Christiana Stamoulis as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective February 11, 2019. Ms. Stamoulis will succeed David Gryska who, as planned, retired from Incyte at the end of 2018. Stamoulis joins Incyte from Unum Therapeutics, where she was President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Unum, she was the Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Business Development at Vertex Pharmaceuticals. Prior to joining Vertex, she spent nearly 15 years in the investment banking and management consulting industries. She was a Managing Director at Citigroup’s Investment Banking division and prior to that, she was a senior investment banker in the Healthcare Investment Banking Group at Goldman Sachs, where she spent the majority of her investment banking career. She started her career as a strategy consultant at The Boston Consulting Group. Ms. Stamoulis serves on the Board of Directors of Hologic Inc.

Dan Tucker

Southern Company [ATLANTA] (NYSE: SO) announced that Dan Tucker will succeed Beth Reese as executive vice president and chief financial officer at Southern Company Gas. Tucker most recently served as senior vice president of finance and treasurer for Southern Company. He has been with Southern Company for more than 20 years in various roles within the finance organization, including investor relations, financial planning and accounting. In 2012, he was named vice president of investor relations and financial planning.

ImmusanT, Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] announced the appointment of Thomas A. Sheaas the company’s chief financial officer (CFO). Prior to joining ImmusanT, Mr. Shea served as CFO for a number of development stage companies, most notably Albireo Pharma, where he was integral in taking the company public via a reverse merger with Biodel in 2016; Tolerx, Inc. from 2005 to 2011; and Cubist Pharmaceuticals from 1993 to 2003.

Mellanox Technologies, Ltd. [SUNNYVALE, Calif. & YOKNEAM, Israel] (NASDAQ: MLNX) announced the appointment of Doug Ahrens as senior vice president and chief financial officer. Ahrens joins Mellanox from GlobalLogic, where he served as chief financial officer. Prior to that Mr. Ahrens served as chief financial officer of Applied Micro Circuits. His career demonstrates a strong track record of increasing financial managerial responsibilities at semiconductor companies including Maxim and Intel. He started his career as an environmental engineer at Chevron Corporation. Eric Johnson, who acted as Mellanox’s interim principal financial and accounting officer, will continue in his role as vice president and corporate controller.

Cortexyme [SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.] announced that Chris Lowe is now the company’s Chief Financial Officer. Lowe’s 15+ years of senior management experience include experience as CFO, CBO, and CEO for private and public life sciences companies such as Asthmatx, Peninsula Pharmaceuticals, and Anthera Pharmaceuticals. In January 2014, Lowe became a partner at FLG Partners.

PRGX Global, Inc. [ATLANTA] (NASDAQ: PRGX) announced that it appointed Kurt Abkemeier as Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Controller. Peter Limeri, who has been serving as the interim Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Controller, will remain with the Company until the end of the month. Abkemeier joins PRGX from Fidelis Cybersecurity, Inc., where he served as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Fidelis, Mr. Abkemeier served as Chief Financial Officer for Progress Software, Inc. Abkemeier previously held senior finance roles at a number of other publicly traded companies, including Inteliquent, Inc., where he was Chief Financial Officer, Cbeyond, Inc. and Airgate PCS, Inc. Mr. Abkemeier started his career at JP Morgan.

Marlin Business Services Corp. [MOUNT LAUREL, N.J.] (NASDAQ: MRLN) announced that it has named Michael R. Bogansky as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective on February 1, 2019. Bogansky joins Marlin from PHH Corporation where he was most recently Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. PHH was recently acquired by Ocwen Financial Corporation. Prior to that, he was Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller & Principal Accounting Officer of PHH. Before joining PHH in 2003, Mr. Bogansky was a Senior Audit Associate with Deloitte & Touche, LLP.

Lattice Semiconductor Corporation [PORTLAND, Ore.] (NASDAQ: LSCC) announced the appointment of Sherri Luther as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Lattice, Ms. Luther was Corporate Vice President of Finance at Coherent Inc. Prior to Coherent, Ms. Luther held a number of senior finance and accounting positions at companies including Quantum, Ultra Network Technologies and Arthur Andersen.

Paul Kosturos

BlueCrest [DANBURY, Conn.] announced the appointment of Paul Kosturos as Interim Chief Financial Officer. Kosturos will replace former BlueCrest CFO Ray Altieri, who retired at the end of 2018, as Interim CFO. Kosturos is a Senior Director with Alvarez & Marsal’s Private Equity Performance Improvement Group, LLC and brings more than 30 years of experience to the role.

TELA Bio®, Inc. [MALVERN, Pa.] announced that Nora Brennan has joined the company as chief financial officer. Prior to joining TELA Bio, Ms. Brennan served as the chief financial officer at Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Prior to Xeris, she was employed at Integra Lifesciences Corporation, where she held various senior leadership roles, including Senior Vice President, Investor Relations and Corporate Treasurer.

Susan Censoni

Fortis Energy Services, Inc. [TROY, MICH.] announced the promotion of Susan Censoni to Chief Financial Officer. Mrs. Censoni has over twenty years of experience in both the private sector and in public accounting and has served as the VP Finance since joining Fortis in March 2013. Prior to joining Fortis, she was a Senior Manager at KPMG LLP.

InnerWorkings, Inc. [CHICAGO] (NASDAQ: INWK) announced that Donald W. Pearson has been appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Pearson served as Chief Financial Officer of BWAY Corporation, before its sale to Stone Canyon Industries. Prior to BWAY, Mr. Pearson was Chief Financial Officer of AMCOL International Corporation and later Chief Financial Officer of Sparton Corporation. Mr. Pearson will replace interim Chief Financial Officer, Chip Hodgkins.

TILT Holdings Inc. [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] (CSE: TILT, OTC: SVVTF) announced the appointment of David Caloia as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Caloia joins TILT having spent the first 16 years of his career at GE in finance and operations. While there, he maintained leadership positions in finance across the globe, the last as the CFO of GE Industrial Solutions. Prior to joining TILT, David was the Senior Vice President, Financial Planning & Analysis of Beacon Health Options.

Diebold Nixdorf [NORTH CANTON, Ohio] (NYSE: DBD) announced that Jeffrey Rutherford, who recently joined the company as interim chief financial officer, will now fill that position on a permanent basis. Rutherford joined the company from Edgewater Technology. Prior to Edgewater, he held the chief financial officer position at a number of companies, including Ferro Corporation, Park-Ohio Holdings Corp, UAP Holding, LESCO and Office Max.

Unitil Corporation [HAMPTON, N.H.] (NYSE: UTL) announced the planned retirement of Mark H. Collin, Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, effective May 1, 2019. Mr. Collin has served as Unitil’s corporate Treasurer since 1998 and has been the Chief Financial Officer since 2003. Unitil announced the hiring of Christine L. Vaughan as Senior Vice President, Financial and Regulatory Services, effective January 2, 2019, as Mr. Collin’s planned successor. As part of Unitil’s long term succession plan, Mr. Collin will formally step down as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer on March 1, 2019, and will work with Ms. Vaughan in order to assure a smooth transition period prior to his retirement. Ms. Vaughan will assume the title of Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Company on March 1, 2019. Ms. Vaughan most recently served as Vice President, Rates and Regulatory and Treasurer for Eversource Energy in Massachusetts, where she had been employed since 2004. Ms. Vaughan previously worked as a management consultant at Arthur D. Little and an engineer at DuPont and BASF.

REVA Medical, Inc. [SAN DIEGO] (ASX: RVA) announced the promotion of Leigh Elkolli to the position of Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary. She will replace Brandi Roberts, who served as REVA’s Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary since August 2017 until her resignation effective January 4, 2019. Ms. Elkolli joined REVA in August 2017 as Senior Director of Finance and Corporate Controller. Elkolli joined REVA from Avidity Biosciences, where she was Director of Finance. Ms. Elkolli started her career with Ernst & Young where she spent seven years in their assurance services practice serving public and private clients in the life science and technologies industries.

Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. [HERCULES, Calif.] (NYSE: BIO) announced that Christine A. Tsingoshas informed the company of her intention to retire as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective April 30, 2019. Ms. Tsingos will remain in her current role through April 30 and will assist in the orderly transition to a successor.

Calyxt, Inc. [MINNEAPOLIS & ST. PAUL, Minn.] (NASDAQ: CLXT) announced the hiring of William F. (Bill) Koschak, as Chief Financial Officer of Calyxt, effective January 7, 2019. Mr. Koschak will be assuming the responsibilities of current interim CFO, Eric Dutang, who remains CFO of Cellectis, Calyxt’s parent company. Most recently, Koschak was Vice President, Finance for the Brain Therapies business unit of Medtronic and also served as Interim Vice President, General Manager, for one of the units of Brain Therapies for several months. Prior to Medtronic, Mr. Koschak also held executive positions at Young America Holdings, where he was CFO, General Mills, and KPMG LLP.

Lee Shapiro

Livongo Health [MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.] announced that it named Lee Shapiro Chief Financial Officer. Shapiro, who has been on the Board of Livongo since its founding and served as Chair of its Audit Committee, will take his new role in February 2019. Shapiro currently serves on the Board and as member of the audit committee of Medidata Solutions and is the Chairman of the Audit Committee of Tivity Health. He previously served as President of Allscripts Healthcare Solutions from 2001-2012. Subsequently, he co-founded 7wireVentures. Shapiro is Managing Partner of the 7wireVentures Connected Consumer Fund and has served on the boards of many of its portfolio companies.

IGM Biosciences, Inc. [MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.] announced the appointment of Misbah Tahir to the newly created position of Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Mr. Tahir was Vice President, Head of Finance at Dermira, Inc. Prior to his role at Dermira, Mr. Tahir was Director, Head of Commercial Financial Planning and Analysis at Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Before that, he was Associate Director of Revenue at Human Genome Sciences, Inc. (HGS) and was Chair of the HGS-GlaxoSmithKline Joint Finance Committee. Prior to HGS, Mr. Tahir spent six years at Amgen, Inc. in finance and accounting management roles. He began his professional career at the global management consulting firm Oliver Wyman.

AAR [WOOD DALE, Ill.] (NYSE: AIR) announced that it has appointed Sean Gillen as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Gillen will succeed Michael Milligan. Gillen joins AAR from USG Corporation where he served as Vice President and Treasurer. Prior to USG, Mr. Gillen spent nine years in investment banking with Goldman Sachs in their Global Industrials Group.

Matinas BioPharma Holdings, Inc. [BEDMINSTER, N.J.] (NYSE AMER: MTNB) announced that it has appointed Keith A. Kucinski as Chief Financial Officer. Kucinski joins Matinas BioPharma having most recently served as Chief Financial Officer at RemedyOne. Prior to that, he served as Vice President & Treasurer at Par Pharmaceutical Companies, Inc., an operating company of Endo International plc. Additionally, Mr. Kucinski held various roles at Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc., including Senior Director, Finance & Corporate Development and Assistant Treasurer & Senior Director, Finance.

Pliant Therapeutics, Inc. [SAN FRANCISCO] announced that Keith Cummings joined the company as chief financial officer. Dr. Cummings joins Pliant from Citigroup Global Markets where he served as a director in the Investment Banking Healthcare Group. Prior to Citigroup, he worked as an investment banker at Lehman Brothers and Barclays in New York.

Arcturus Therapeutics Ltd. [SAN DIEGO] (NASDAQ: ARCT) announced that the Company has appointed Andrew Sassine as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Mr. Sassine has been serving as Arcturus’ Interim Chief Financial Officer since August 2018 and has served on the Company’s Board of Directors since May 2018. In addition to serving on the Arcturus board, Mr. Sassine serves on the boards of iCAD, Inc. and Gemphire Therapeutics . Previously, Mr. Sassine served in various positions at Fidelity Investments from 1999 to 2012, most recently as portfolio manager.

Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated [CHARLOTTE, N.C.] (NASDAQ: COKE) announced that it has appointed Scott Anthony as the Company’s Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, effective December 31, 2018. Mr. Anthony will succeed Dave Katz who will transition to his new role of President and Chief Operating Officer on December 31, 2018. Mr. Anthony is expected to join the Company on November 30, 2018 and will serve as Senior Vice President, Treasurer until he assumes the role of Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Anthony will join Coca-Cola Consolidated after serving as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Ventura Foods since 2011. Prior to Ventura Foods, Mr. Anthony spent 21 years with Coca-Cola Enterprises in a variety of roles, including as Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, North America.

Nielsen [NEW YORK] announced that David J. Anderson joined Nielsen and will become Chief Financial Officer as of September 10, 2018. From 2003 to 2014, Anderson served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Honeywell International Inc. Anderson succeeds Jamere Jackson, who served in the role since 2014 and has resigned to pursue an opportunity outside of the company. Previously, Anderson served as CFO of diversified manufacturer ITT Industries, Inc. and of Newport News Shipbuilding. Anderson also spent five years as a divisional CFO at RJR Nabisco. Anderson has also held key financial roles at Kraft, and The Quaker Oats Company. Most recently, he served as CFO of Alexion Pharmaceuticals.

Anaplan [SAN FRANCISCO] announced the appointment of David Morton Jr.as chief financial officer, effective Monday, September 10, 2018. In his most recent role, Morton was the Chief Accounting Officer at Tesla, and he also spent over 20 years at Seagate Technologies. He has held numerous leadership positions at Seagate, most notably as the EVP and CFO at Seagate Technologies for approximately three years. Morton also served as Seagate’s senior vice president, treasurer and principal accounting officer responsible for overseeing Seagate’s corporate finance, treasury and accounting activities. He joined Seagate in 1995 and over the last twenty years has held multiple leadership roles in both the US and Asia, each increasing in scope within Seagate’s global finance organization including corporate financial planning, revenue consolidation, manufacturing, pricing, and sales operations.

GLG (Gerson Lehrman Group, Inc.) [NEW YORK] announced that Brian Dockray will join the company as Chief Financial Officer. Dockray has nearly 20 years of experience as a CFO, serving most recently as CFO of Ipreo, a position he held for 17 years. He previously worked at NextVenue Inc., Deutsche Bank, NBC, and Deloitte. Dockray begins work September 12, 2018.

Gary Ito

DealerSocket [IRVING, Texas] announced the appointment of Gary Ito as chief financial officer. Most recently, he was the chief financial officer of Outmatch. Prior to Outmatch, he led finance and operations at SAP Ariba and was also the CFO of Quadrem. Ito began his career at Nortel where he held a variety of finance and management positions in both North America and Asia for over 18 years.

Mimecast Limited [LEXINGTON, Mass.] (NASDAQ: MIME) announced that Peter Campbell, Mimecast’s CFO, has informed the Company of his intention to step down after a seven-month transition period. Mr. Campbell will continue as CFO through March 31, 2019.

Life Fitness [ROSEMONT, Ill.] announced that Marie Graul has joined the Company as its chief financial officer. Most recently, Graul was CFO at the MXD Group, and before that assignment had served as the chief financial officer of Enesco Group Inc. Earlier in her career, she was the vice president of SmartSignal Corp., as well as chief financial officer and treasurer of Patron Systems Inc. She also has served as senior vice president and chief financial officer of NTE, Inc., and chief financial officer and Treasurer for Schwak, Inc.; and vice president and investment analyst of J&W Seligman & Co. Graul started her career at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, where she was a financial analyst and presidential fellow. Graul also is a member of the board of directors of Pelican Products.

Cooper’s Hawk Winery & Restaurants [CHICAGO] announced the appointment of Michael Coyne as Chief Financial Officer, effective October 1. Most recently, Coyne served as Chief Financial Officer at Potbelly Corporation, which included a period as interim Chief Executive Officer. Prior to joining Potbelly, he served as Senior Vice President, Small Business at CNA Financial Corporation, and as Chief Financial Officer of CNA’s Property & Casualty Operations business. He also spent seven years at Sears Holdings Corporation, culminating as Vice President and Treasurer. Michael also held various financial roles at Schering-Plough Corporation.

PS Business Parks, Inc. [GLENDALE, Calif.] (NYSE: PSB) announced the appointment of Jeffrey D. Hedges as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary, effective September 17, 2018. Hedges joins PS Business Parks from Invitation Homes (formerly known as Starwood Waypoint Homes and prior to that Colony Starwood Homes), where he served as Senior Vice President, Accounting and Reporting, since 2015. Previously, Mr. Hedges was a Senior Manager at Ernst & Young LLP, where he served in the Transaction Advisory Services and Assurance (Audit) groups.

Incyte Corporation [WILMINGTON, Del.] (NASDAQ: INCY) announced that David Gryska, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, intends to retire at the end of 2018 and that Incyte has launched a search for his replacement. Dave plans to remain at Incyte until the end of this year and will provide support during the transitional period.

CoPeace [HIGHLAND’S RANCH, COLO.] has hired HananLevin as a Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Hanan has served as Director of Capital Markets at Bank of the West. Hanan also founded Advanced Sustainable Technologies in Israel.

TicketGuardian [LOS ANGELES] announced Scott Matulich as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Matulich joins TicketGuardian from Wells Fargo Bank where he held senior finance roles as Vice President and Regional Finance Manager.

AuditBoard [LOS ANGELES] announced the appointment of Karen Gift as the company’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Gift served as an advisor to the company prior to joining its executive leadership team. Prior to joining AuditBoard, Gift served as the Vice President of Finance for Blackline. Gift also held a Vice President of Finance role with talent management cloud software firm Cornerstone OnDemand.

Rich Garcia

OEConnection (OEC) [CLEVELAND] announced the appointment of Rich Garcia as its new Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining OEC, Garcia served as Chief Financial Officer at Koroseal Interior Products, LLC,. Garcia has over 30 years of financial leadership experience, including holding top positions at Avtron Holdings, LLC, Wastequip, Inc., and Nacco Industries.

Vestmark [WAKEFIELD, Mass.] announced Mark Donohue as the firm’s new Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Vestmark, Donohue served nearly three years at Rapid7 in numerous executive roles including Vice President of Finance, Corporate Development, and Treasury & Investor Relations. Before this, Donohue held multiple Director level positions at Cisco Systems and Starent Networks. He also gained experience through his senior roles at IDC, Ferris Baker Watts, Teradyne, and Quantum.

Mavenlink [IRVINE, Calif.] announced it hired Piero Broccardo as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Mavenlink, Broccardo spent six years as CFO at Accurate Background. Prior to Accurate Background, Broccardo was CFO at Alchemy. Broccardo has also held key senior leadership roles encompassing pricing, strategic planning, and SEC reporting at Hines Nurseries, Lantronix and Ziba.

Songtradr [SANTA MONICA, Calif.] announced Clare Nicholls as its Chief Financial Officer. Nicholls worked for Salomon Brothers (now part of Citigroup), UBS Warburg and ABN Amro. Nicholls is also an advisor to the Marine Transport International.

Marlin Business Services Corp. [MOUNT LAUREL, N.J.] (NASDAQ: MRLN) announced that W. Taylor Kamp has left his position as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Kamp will remain with Marlin as a consultant through the end of this year to assist in the transition of the Company’s finance and accounting functions.

Refinitiv [NEW YORK and LONDON] announced that Brian J. West has been appointed Chief Financial Officer, effective November 5, 2018. Brian will be joining Refinitiv from Oscar Insurance, an innovator in US health care, where he is Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Operations. Prior to Oscar, Brian spent nine years at Nielsen as Chief Financial Officer and then Chief Operating Officer. Previously, he held various CFO and other finance leadership positions over 16 years at General Electric.

Mark El-Tawil

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona (BCBSAZ) [PHOENIX] has named Mark El-Tawil as chief financial officer (CFO). El-Tawil joins BCBSAZ from P3 Health Group, where he served as CFO. He previously served as West Division Leader for Humana, where he worked for nearly 10 years.

Kasasa [AUSTIN, Texas] announced the addition of Amy Gililland as its Chief Financial Officer. Previously, she held positions at PricewaterhouseCoopers, Nortel Networks and Kony, Inc.

Tmunity Therapeutics, Inc. [PHILADELPHIA] announced the appointment of Graeme Bell as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Executive Vice President. Mr. Bell formerly served in CFO roles at Intellia Therapeutics, Anacor Pharmaceuticals, and at Merck & Co., Inc. in US and UK operations.

Aura Biosciences [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] announced that Julie Feder has joined the company’s leadership team as Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Feder joins Aura from Verastem, where she served as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Verastem, Ms. Feder spent six years at the Clinton Health Access Initiative, Inc. (CHAI) as Chief Financial Officer.

Diversicare Healthcare Services, Inc. [BRENTWOOD, Tenn.] (NASDAQ: DVCR) announced the appointment of Kerry D. Massey as the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective September 10, 2018. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Massey served as Vice President and Corporate Controller of Compassus for the past six years. Mr. Massey also spent seven years collectively at M*Modal and its predecessors, where he served as Director of Accounting and SEC Reporting and was ultimately promoted to Vice President and Corporate Controller.

Josie Mok

Skanska [NEW YORK] added Josie Mok as Chief Financial Officer for its USACommercial Development business unit. Mok replaces Axel Wingard who moved into a global position for the company based in Stockholm. Prior to joining Skanska, Mok served as the Senior Vice President for Financial Planning & Analysis in Forest City Realty Trust’s Brooklyn, NY office.

Talend [REDWOOD CITY, Calif.] (NASDAQ: TLND) announced it has appointed Adam Meister, former Managing Director at Goldman Sachs, as Chief Financial Officer, effective September 17, 2018. Prior to Goldman Sachs, he was a Vice President in the Technology, Media and Telecom Investment Banking Group at J.P. Morgan. He also served in various roles at Visa, Deutsche Bank and the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.

IEC Electronics Corp. [NEWARK, New York] (NYSE AMERICAN: IEC) announced the appointment of Thomas L. Barbato as Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer. Barbato has had a successful 23-year career at Xerox Corporation, where he held a variety of high level finance and operational positions, most recently serving as Vice President, Finance – North America Operations Pricing and Contracting. Prior to that he was Vice President, Finance – U.S. Large Enterprise Operations. Before joining Xerox, Mr. Barbato served as Senior Auditor at Deloitte & Touche in Rochester, New York.

Aspen Group, Inc. [NEW YORK] (NASDAQ: ASPU) announced the appointment of Joseph Sevely as Chief Financial Officer. Janet Gill, AGI’s previous CFO, will move to the newly created position of Chief Accounting Officer. Sevely recently served five years as Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer of Cutwater Asset Management. He was previously Treasurer, Head of Market Risk Management and Head of Consumer Asset Backed Securities New Business at MBIA Inc. Earlier in his career, Sevely held positions of increasing responsibility at major Wall Street firms. Sevely served as Controller of Merrill Lynch’s Global Broker/Dealer Division, Head of Financial Planning & Analysis for Chemical Bank’s Capital Markets Division and he also led teams responsible for derivative and structured finance product development and client marketing at Bankers Trust. He started his professional career at the Boston Consulting Group.

AlphaPoint [New York] announced the appointment of Kevin Held as its first Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Most recently, Held was the CFO of OEMS provider TradingScreen. Held’s previous experience also includes executive and senior roles at the global institutional trading network Liquidnet, Sandler O’Neill and Partners, and a number of boutique securities firms serving the private equity, institutional and investment banking arenas.

Detroit [DETROIT, Michigan] announced that its Chief Financial Officer, John W. Hill, has informed the Mayor and City Council that he will be leaving his post by the end of December.

University of Pittsburgh [PITTSBURGH] has named Hari Sastry to serve as senior vice chancellor and chief financial officer. Sastry currently serves as the director of the Office of U.S. Foreign Assistance Resources at the U.S. Department of State. Sastry previously served as deputy assistant secretary for resource management in the U.S. Department of Commerce. Prior to joining the Department of Commerce, Sastry worked at the White House Office of Management and Budget as chief of the Veterans Affairs and Defense Health Branch. Arthur Ramicone, who has served as CFO since 2010, announced his retirement in February.

FactSet Research Systems Inc. [Norwalk, Connecticut] announced that Maurizio Nicolelli stepped down from his position as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer. Nicolelli, who has been with FactSet since 1996 and had been in his current role since 2009, will remain with the Company until December 31, 2018. FactSet appointed Helen Shan as the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to her appointment as FactSet’s new CFO, Ms. Shan, served as the CFO for Mercer, from 2014 to 2018. From 2013 to 2014, Ms. Shan held the position of Vice President and Treasurer at Marsh and McLennan Companies. Prior to 2013, Ms. Shan served as Vice President and Treasurer of Pitney Bowes Inc. for eight years. Between 1993 and 2004 she worked in various roles within J.P. Morgan Securities, Inc., with her most recent experience as Managing Director.

Marsh, a wholly owned subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC), announced that Courtney Leimkuhler will assume the role of chief financial officer (CFO) effective March 1, 2015. She will succeed CFO Paul Malvasio, who is retiring in March. Ms. Leimkuhler, who has served as CFO of Marsh’s US and Canada Division since December 2013, will continue to be based in New York. Prior to joining Marsh, Ms. Leimkuhler spent nine years at NYSE Euronext. She also spent several years at Goldman Sachs in the equities and principal investing divisions.

B&G Foods, Inc. (NYSE: BGS) announced that it has appointed Robert C. Cantwell as its next President and Chief Executive Officer, effective January 1, 2015. Mr. Cantwell currently serves as B&G Foods’ Executive Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Cantwell joined B&G Foods in 1983 as the Assistant Vice President of Finance. Mr. Cantwell was promoted to his current position in 1991. Prior to joining B&G Foods, Mr. Cantwell spent four years at Deloitte & Touche LLP. Mr. Cantwell has served on the Board of Directors of B&G Foods since 2005.

XL Group plc (NYSE: XL) has named Michael Garceau as its new Chief Financial Officer of its global insurance operations, succeeding Chris Dougherty who now assumes the newly created position of Executive Vice President, Underwriting and Ceded Re. Mr. Garceau is promoted to the CFO position from his previous position as Chief Operating Officer (COO) of XL Group’s North America Property & Casualty business.

Percona announced the appointment of Will Eglin as chief financial officer. Before joining the team at Percona, Eglin was the CFO at IEM. He has also served as the CEO and CFO of MD Technologies. Eglin also held financial roles in fast-growing private equity-backed businesses, and began his career on the audit staff at KPMG.

Incyte Corporation (NASDAQ: INCY) announced the appointment of David Gryska as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective October 31, 2014. Mr. Gryska will succeed David Hastings, who has served as Incyte’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since October 2003. Mr. Hastings, who is leaving the Company to pursue other opportunities. Mr. Gryska brings over 30 years of finance experience to Incyte from his tenures at Celgene and Scios and through his work with a number of publicly traded biotech companies. He is a three time public company Chief Financial Officer and has substantial experience as an audit committee chair.

Kosmos Energy Ltd. (NYSE: KOS) announced that Thomas P. Chambers will join the company as senior vice president and chief financial officer effective November 5, 2014. Greg Dunlevy, who has served as executive vice president and chief financial officer since 2003, will retire from the company at the end of June 2015 as part of a mutually agreed succession plan. Mr. Dunlevy will serve in an advisory role to the chairman and chief executive officer until his retirement to ensure a smooth transition. Mr. Chambers joins Kosmos most recently from Apache Corporation, where he was executive vice president and chief financial officer from November 2010 to February 2014, where he held a variety of leadership roles with his 20 years with the company. Prior to joining Apache, he served in the international business development group at Pennzoil Exploration and Production Company, and held a range of management positions with the BP plc group of companies.

Apache Corporation (NYSE, NASDAQ: APA) announced that Alfonso Leon, executive vice president and chief financial officer, has resigned to pursue other opportunities. Executive Vice President P. Anthony Lannie will serve as interim chief financial officer as the company conducts a search for a new chief financial officer. Prior to joining Apache as general counsel in 2003, Lannie served as president of Kinder Morgan Power Company and president of Coral Energy Canada, a subsidiary of Shell Oil Company.

Moon River Studios, Inc. (PINK: MDNT) announced the appointment of Steven Bahlmann as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Secretary and Treasurer. Prior to joining Moon River Studios, Bahlmann was CFO for Markmann Nutraceuticals, Inc. Markmann was a startup contract nutraceutical manufacturer that Bahlmann co-founded. Prior to that, Bahlmann was CFO for the private equity owned Junior Sports Corporation.

Corporate Office Properties Trust (NYSE: OFC) announced that Stephen E. Riffee, the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will fulfill his employment contract term through March 31, 2015 and then pursue other interests. As part of a planned succession, the Company appointed Anthony Mifsud, Senior Vice President of Finance and Treasurer, to Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective April 1, 2015. Mr. Mifsud joined the Company in 2007 and has served as its Senior Vice President, Finance and Treasurer since January 2011. Mr. Mifsud spent fifteen years in various corporate finance functions at The Rouse Company, the last five years of his tenure there serving as its Vice President, Finance.

Associated Materials, LLC announced the appointment of Scott Stephens as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Stephens served the past six years as Chief Finance Officer and Treasurer at A.M. Castle (NYSE: CAS). Prior to joining A.M. Castle, Scott was CFO for Lawson Products. Scott was also CFO at Wormser Company an importer and manufacturer of children’s sleepwear. Scott began his career with Ernst and Young and was also Corporate Controller for Old World Industries.

TravelClick announced the appointment of David Obstler as its Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Mr. Obstler was Chief Financial Officer at OpenLink Financial. Prior to that, Mr. Obstler was Chief Financial Officer of MSCI Inc. Mr. Obstler assumed the role after MSCI acquired Risk Metrics in June 2010, where he served as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to MSCI Inc., Mr. Obstler acted as Chief Financial Officer at Pinnacor Inc. In addition, he previously held investment banking roles at JP Morgan & Co., Lehman Brothers and Goldman, Sachs & Co.

MedMen announced the addition of Michael Reifsteck as Chief Financial Officer. Reifsteck recently served as Corporate Controller of Chobani Yogurt.

PDI, Inc. (NASDAQ: PDII) announced the appointment of Graham G. Miao as its new Executive Vice President (EVP) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). From 2011 to 2014, he was the EVP and CFO and later added additional roles as interim Co-President & Co-CEO of Delcath Systems, Inc. Prior to Delcath, Mr. Miao served as Chief of Staff for the Global CFO organization at Dun & Bradstreet Corporation and EVP and CFO at Pagoda Pharmaceuticals. He has also held various finance positions of increasing responsibility at leading global pharmaceutical and finance companies, including Schering-Plough Corporation, Pharmacia Corporation and J.P. Morgan & Company. Mr. Miao replaces former EVP and CFO Jeffrey Smith.

Linear Technology Corporation (NASDAQ: LLTC) announced that Paul Coghlan, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, plans to retire at the end of the current fiscal year in July 2015. Donald Zerio, the current Linear Technology Corporate Controller and a thirteen year Linear veteran will be promoted to CFO on June 29, 2015. Mr. Coghlan will continue to work for the Company on a part time consulting basis until June 30, 2016. Mr. Zerio has been Corporate Controller for eleven years and prior to that, International Controller at Linear.

Rogers Corporation (NYSE: ROG) announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Helene Simonet to serve as a member of the Company’s Board. This addition fills a vacancy on the Board due to a recent director retirement. Ms. Simonet will be a member of the Audit Committee. Since April 2002, Ms. Simonet has served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Coherent, Inc. (NASDAQ: COHR). Prior to joining Coherent in 1999, Ms. Simonet had previously spent more than twenty years in senior finance positions at Raychem Corporation.

Invaluable announced the appointment of Bill Burke as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Burke served as Chief Financial Officer at Ensyn Corporation, following more than five years as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer at SiGe Semiconductor. Before SiGe Semiconductor, Burke held the role of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Riverdeep Interactive. Prior to that, Burke held the role of Vice President of Finance at Computron Software.

MicroSeismic, Inc. announced that Rick Luke has been appointed the company’s new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Rick succeeds Ron Mogul in this position, who retired this year. Rick has spent more than 30 years in the oil and gas industry and over 10 years in the role of CFO. He comes to MicroSeismic from Seismic Equipment Solutions (SES). Prior to SES, Rick was CFO for Well Dynamics. Rick has also held both domestic and international positions with Halliburton, serving as Vice President Europe/Africa for three years.

Commonwealth Care of Roanoke, Inc. named Stan A. Huffman as their new Chief Financial Officer. Stan served as Chief Executive Officer of a non-profit senior housing and nursing home provider. Prior to becoming the CEO of the company, Stan served as the company’s Chief Financial Officer. Previously, Stan had been the Chief Financial Officer of a privately owned long term care provider in North Carolina with multiple locations in three states, and also served as the company’s president for three years. Stan succeeds Beth Fariss who served as Chief Financial Officer of CCR from its inception in 2001 to 2014.

B2R Finance has named Evan Lorch its new chief financial officer. Prior to joining B2R, Lorch served as CFO at CoreOne Technologies. He previously served as CFO at the international trading company BIDS Trading LP.

Kochava announced the appointment of Douglas Lieuallen as Chief Financial Officer. Lieuallen joins Kochava from Coldwater Creek where he held multiple finance and accounting management roles, most recently as Senior Director of Treasury Operations. His 20-year career includes financial and accounting leadership positions at the renowned global advertising agency Wieden + Kennedy, Inc. and visual systems integrator Comp View, Inc.

Encore Capital Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: ECPG) announced that Jonathan Clark has been appointed to serve as Chief Financial Officer of Midland Credit Management, Inc., Encore’s domestic operating subsidiary. Clark is expected to succeed Executive Vice President Paul Grinbergas Chief Financial Officer of Encore in February 2015. Clark’s most recent role was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of SLM Corp., also known as Sallie Mae, from 2008 until 2013. Prior to joining Sallie Mae, Clark served as a Managing Director at Credit Suisse Securities from 2000 to 2007, after having served in various executive roles at Prudential Securities, The First Boston Corporation, and a variety of other companies during his career.

Schechter Wealth announced the appointment of Michael Lee as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Schechter, Michael was Vice President Finance at MXM Health. Prior to that, he served nearly twenty years as Director of Finance at Carlson Marketing Group’s automotive operations in Troy.

eSurface® Technologies (DBA of EarthOne Circuit Technologies Corporation, a privately-held corporation) announced the appointment of Michael Corrigan as President and Chief Financial Officer. Corrigan, who has served eSurface in an advisory role, now takes on the roles of eSurface President and CFO. Mike Corrigan is currently an advisor to a number of privately-held entities and investors in the entertainment, media and technology sectors. Corrigan was most recently Interim Co-CEO of Sonar Entertainment (formerly RHI Entertainment). He was also a key member of the Board of Managers which oversaw the successful restructuring of Tropicana Entertainment. He has previously held a number of significant positions in the entertainment and media sector, including serving as Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Metro Goldwyn Mayer Inc. Corrigan was also previously a senior partner in the Entertainment, Media and Communications practice at Price Waterhouse LLP. He is currently a member of the Boards of Directors and Boards of Advisors of a number of privately held entities.

Red Lion Hotels Corporation (NYSE: RLH) announced it has appointed Jim Bell as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Bell joins RLHC from Coldwater Creek, where he was most recently Interim President and Chief Executive Officer, having also served as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to his experience at Coldwater Creek, Bell was Senior Vice President of Finance and Planning for Harry & David Holdings, Inc. Previously, he worked for Gap, Inc. as Senior Director of Finance.

State Bank Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: STBZ) announced that Thomas L. Callicutt, Jr., Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, has informed the Board of Directors of his intention to retire from his employment with the Company and State Bank and Trust Company (the Bank) effective September 30, 2015. Mr. Callicutt will step down from his positions as Chief Financial Officer of the Company and the Bank effective as of January 1, 2015, after which Mr. Callicutt will remain employed with the Company and the Bank as a senior advisor to support the new CFO and transition the balance of his responsibilities over his remaining time until his planned retirement. Effective January 1, 2015, the Company and the Bank will appoint Sheila E. Ray as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining State Bank, Ms. Ray most recently served as Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Atlanta Bancorporation, Inc. and Bank of Atlanta, which were merged into the Company and the Bank, respectively, on October 1, 2014. Ms. Ray`s experience includes employment with Wachovia Corporation, First National Bank of Gainesville, Tucker Federal Bank and RBC Centura Bank.

InterCloud Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: ICLD) announced that it has hired Timothy A. Larkin as its new Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining InterCloud Systems, Mr. Larkin served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Warren Resources, Inc. for 19 years. Dan Sullivan, InterCloud’s CFO for the past three years, will transition to his new role as Chief Accounting Officer.

US Nuclear Corp announced that Rachel Boulds has been appointed to Chief Financial Officer, effective October 31, 2014, and that current CFO, Darian B. Andersen has resigned to pursue interests related to his legal practice. Prior to joining the company, Ms. Boulds has been engaged in private practice as an accountant and consultant. From August 2004 through July 2009, she was employed as an audit senior for HJ & Associates, LLC.